Live Light Live Right’s partner bodysculpt of New York‘s President, Vincent Ferguson, on September 15th, launched a weekly podcast where he is discussing various topics on fitness and nutrition. He will have guest speakers that are professional fitness instructors and nutritionists. To listen to these podcasts, please visit the Six Weeks to Fitness website.
Live Light Live Right has journal club that meets every week to discuss the trends and research that is happening in childhood obesity and how it impacts the work that they are doing. This week’s journal club is discussing the FRAC Newsletter content. The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) is “is the leading national nonprofit organization working to improve public policies and public-private partnerships to eradicate hunger and undernutrition in the United States.” (source http://frac.org). In their September 2014 newsletter, they are focusing on Obesity and Poverty. This periodical newsletter highlights obesity and how it coincides with low-income children and adults.
To read more about it we have attached the newsletter:
Live Light Live Right is supporting our partners Brooklyn District Public Health Office and NYC Parks and Recreation who is offering a 10-week comprehensive Fitness Instructor Training Program, which follows with a 6-month internship. The class will give you hands-on experience that will prepare you for the nationally accredited certification exam.
To learn more about it see the flyer below:
The New York City Department of Health and Hygiene launches two new campaigns because they believe eating more fruits and vegetables are a delicious and affordable way to eat healthy. These new tools will help New Yorkers to gain better access to finding fruits and vegetables.
In a recent press release from the New York City Department of Health and Hygiene,“Eating well is important for good health, and incorporating more fruits and vegetables into your diet can help prevent chronic disease, such as heart disease,” said Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett. “We want to encourage everyone to make healthy choices, and we continue to take steps to ensure that fresh produce is an accessible and affordable option for all New Yorkers.”
New initiatives are:
To learn more about this visit their website
The Live Light Live Right and staff at the Brookdale University Medical Center were given the opportunity to screen the film “Soul Food Junkies” by Byron Hurt, who is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, published writer, anti-sexism activist, and lecturer. Hurt is also the host of the Emmy-nominated series, Reel Works with Byron Hurt. The Independent named him one of the “Top 10 Filmmakers to Watch” in 2011. His most popular documentary, Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was later broadcast on Independent Lens.
This documentary stemmed from Byron Hurt, who grew up eating lots of soul food and obesity hit close to home for Bryon. In Soul Food Junkies, Hurt sets out on a historical and culinary journey to learn more about the soul food tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity.
To learn more about Byron Hurt’s documentary you can visit his website
On August 15, 2014 we were featured in the Daily Challenge Newspaper.
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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has started a “We All Want Healthy Kids” campaign to get organizations in NYC and the boroughs to join in educating staff, youth and clients to support them in combating the marketing from the food and beverage industry of high sugary and high fat products that is directly impacting youth. Live Light Live Right is joining in to support this campaign by:
On July 19th and July 20th, the Live Light Live Right (LLLR) Program participated in the second Annual NBC 4 News & New York Giants Health & Fitness Expo. It was held at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
There were more than 300 exhibitor booths with a vast array of information and new innovations for staying healthy. At the expo, there was free testing and health screenings, along with educational material for the participants. There were many interactive activities and attractions for the families such as Zumba, scuba diving, cardio kick boxing, tennis, rowing and healthy cooking demo, to name a few.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the build up of extra fat in liver cells that is called a fatty liver (steatosis). NAFLD tends to develop in people who are overweight or obese or have diabetes, high cholesterol or high triglycerides. The incidence is growing in overweight children and has been linked to excess fructose intake as in fruit juices, sweetened beverages and processed foods with high fructose corn syrup. This threat is serious and can be prevented by reducing intake of fructose and high glycemic index foods. A recent article in the times highlights this issue which is often overlooked. Please call our clinic at 718-240-5857/ 8125 for an appointment if you think your child is at risk for this or other obesity related diseases.
Source for photo: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/13/threat-grows-from-liver-illness-tied-to-obesity/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Live Light Live Right is proud to be adding to our partnership with the CAMBA (www.camba.org) Beacon Program a 7-week summer camp program. We have 150 campers that are enrolled in the summer camp.
The summer camp program consists of:
The children are having an amazing time this summer in the program.
Chastity is a 15 year old female who has been in our LLLR program since July 2010. Her BMI was significantly elevated at 44.44 in July 2010 and this lead to her developing a kidney dysfunction. The doctors at LLLR explained to her the need to change her lifestyle and become physically active if she did not want to go on dialysis. She had a kidney biopsy in November, 2010 when she was diagnosed with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis Stage I. Chastity and her mother decided to take this advice seriously. She has been following the medical and dietary advice such as, cutting down her juice intake, increasing fiber intake and increasing her intake of vegetables and fruits. She has also increased her physical activity which helps her in being an active member of girl scouts.
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